Anyone have any experience building on one? Any suggestions on an affordable model?

Thanks

Trapper Keeper

Looking a little more..... electronic...

Thinkpad R61i

Intel Core 2 Duo T5550- 1.83 GHz

15.4"-diagonal widescreen WXGA antiglare TFT LCD screen

2MB L2 cache

Up to 667MHz frontside bus

2GB of PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM memory

160GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive

DVD±RW drive with Double Layer support

Pro/Wireless 3945ABG (802.11a/b/g) wireless LAN 10/100Base-T Ethernet network interface

4-in-1 memory card reader

Integrated fingerprint reader, with supporting software

UltraNav touchpad (pointing stick and touchpad) Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Only booted up a couple times.........like new.

Less than $500 shipped.

http://www.jr.com/product/productDetail.jsp?navProduct=ACE_AOA1501504&JRSource=linkshare&SiteID=lw9MynSeamY-2IJ6UeLoILXuv64ZVMH3cA 

If you want a Mini-Laptop (netbook)

$249 Free shipping...

1.6ghz atom processor

1GB Ram

80GB HD

if you come by my house tomorrow you may find a macbook on the front lawn...can't guarantee you will be able to get online with it...

There are plenty of reasonable laptops less than $500.......especially if you willing to buy used/almost new/reconditioned.

What are your requirements???

For me.......I wanted a big screen (no minis). Durability was a factor (hence the Lenovo choice), Win XP (easier to find used than new).

Sorry guys i started looking and forgot that i had posted this!

Andy ya lookin to get rid of that one?

My hp is still workin but i think its on its last leg... i build my first pc last month and had a blast so i thought i might try to throw a laptop together!

Thanks guys

^nope......it's a keeper.

I will say that this Lenovo seems to be a much more "solid" laptop than my previous two (Acer & Compaq).

It's tough.

Could ya post a link or shoot me an email with some info on where ya got it? It looks like it fits all my needs at a good price.

Thanks

handle at unm.edu

This one seems a little risky, but if you are computer savvy perhaps a good risk.....

http://cgi.ebay.com/Lenovo-ThinkPad-R61i-15-4in-Laptop-PDC-1-86GHz-2GB-80GB_W0QQitemZ250390964841QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLaptops_Nov05?hash=item250390964841&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72:570 |66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318|301:0|293:1|294:50